Crowley’s Ridge, Oklahoma Christian report enrollment growth
Two more higher education institutions associated with Churches of Christ — Crowley's Ridge College and Oklahoma Christian University — have reported growth in their enrollment…
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Oklahoma Christian alum Allison Garrett named chancellor of Oklahoma’s regents for higher ed
OKLAHOMA CITY — Allison Garrett, president of Emporia State University in Kansas, will serve as the ninth chancellor of the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher…
Partners, January 2021
HIGHER EDUCATION ABILENE CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY ABILENE, Texas — Abilene Christian University’s School of Social Work is partnering with the Community Foundation of Abilene and other…
Oklahoma Christian mourns death of Stafford North
OKLAHOMA CITY — Stafford North, a longtime preacher, educator and tireless promoter of Oklahoma Christian University, died Saturday night. He was 90. He began working…
Despite petition, Harding to keep George S. Benson’s name on its chapel venue
Harding University will retain the name of its daily chapel venue — Benson Auditorium — despite an online petition signed by more than 18,000 that characterized…
When graduation comes with no Pomp and Circumstance
OKLAHOMA CITY — When my son Keaton was about 4, a police car pulled up beside our minivan at a stoplight. At that exact moment,…
Christian university: ‘We’ve got to do better’ after racially charged recruiting incident
OKLAHOMA CITY — Oklahoma Christian University's president apologized and promised change after an admissions counselor representing the university at an area public school asked students…
Newsmakers, March 2020
HONORED Phi Alpha Theta history honor society at Oklahoma Christian University in Oklahoma City, for the best undergraduate print journal in the nation. In addition,…
Back to school: MLK’s remarks inspire educator to return to Oklahoma Christian
OKLAHOMA CITY — About 51 years ago, Robert Edison was part of a group of black students booted from Oklahoma Christian University in an incident…
Minister, college chancellor and civil rights crusader Ron Wright dies at 72
Ronald D. Wright, a longtime minister and elder of the Gray Road Church of Christ in Cincinnati and former chancellor of Delgado Community College in…
